Where does “sōt” come from?

sōt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sōt, from Proto-Germanic sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

sōt (Old English): soot

Definitions

  1. soot

Ancestry of “sōt”, step by step

sōt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *sōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sōt—
2Proto-Germanicsōtąsoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Medieval Latin sottus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinsottusfoolish
2Aramaics(h)otefool

Words derived from “sōt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sōtą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sōt →